#postfactual

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced #Nazi or the convinced #Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the #reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.” ― Hannah Arendt, "The Origins of Totalitarianism" #communism #nazism #postFactual #totalitarianism #war #propaganda #Russia #quotes #commOdon #truth #agnotology #history 🧶

Make it true: Hannah #Arendt observed that men gaining #power in Germany did not lie because they believed what they were saying, or even because they expected YOU to believe it. They were lying to state out what had to become #true in order to justify what they intended to do. ⸺ #communism #nazism #postFactual #war #Russia #performance #FRPol #Macron #politics #communication #propaganda #commOdon #media #truth #agnotology

The masses' flight from reality is a condemnation of the world in which they are forced to live. […] The main disadvantage of reality is that it is not logical, coherent or organised. ~ Hannah Arendt, in "Totalitarianism" @sociology@a.gup.pe @socialpsych@a.gup.pe #Arendt #quotes #truth #postFactual #complotism #reality #Russia #Putin #supremacism #Netanyahu #nazism #Germany #totalitarianism #media #antisemitism #HannahArendt #agnotology #Trumpism #fragility #believe

"Where everybody lies about everything of importance, the truthteller, whether he knows it or not, has begun to act; he, too, has engaged himself in political business, for, in the unlikely event that he survives, he has made a start toward changing the world.” Hannah Arendt, in "Truth and Politics" #truth #Arendt #quotes #postFactual #reality #totalitarianism #HannahArendt #agnotology #MAHA #fragility #beliefs